Pr Chinese Tang Dynasty Painted Buff Pottery Horses each raising opposing forelegs, with elaborately painted saddle and saddle cloths, stabilized on wood bases. Height 18 1/2 inches (47 cm.). PROVENANCE: Erich Maria Remarque (1898-1970) author "All Quiet on the Western Front", gifted 1937-1940 to Marlene Dietrich (1901-1992) and in her Park Avenue New York Apartment with stands and cases, (not included in German acquisition 1993 in Die Marlene Dietrich Collection GmbH, Munchen), to her Daughter Maria Riva and in her New York Home, probably offered by Dietrich's grandson and Executor of the Dietrich Collection at Sotheby's New York, "Important Chinese Art," 20 March, 2019, Lot 652. early provenance confirmed by Dietrich's Daughter, 1990's.

Sotheby's condition report: "Both figures with restoration and consolidated breaks to legs, stands, ends of saddle cloths, tails, forelocks, ears, lowers section of mouth, and some of the harness decoration. One of the figures with a possible restored break through the neck. There are areas where there has been some retouching of lost or worn pigments. The surface with expected wear overall." NOTE: Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Eddie's Auction shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections, or the effects of aging.